Senior Quantity Surveyor

We're looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Structures team on A417 Missing Link at Air Balloon team based in Gloucestershire. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the commercial function whilst working this exciting highways project.

Location: A417 Missing Link at Air Balloon, Gloucestershire – travel to the office with some remote working
Hours: Permanent Fulltime 45 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us
Salary: £50,000 - £70,000 per year + private healthcare + £5,900 annual car allowance + excellent benefits

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll play a key role in managing costs, maximising value, and ensuring the highest standards of quality and safety throughout the contract. Your day to day will include:

• Managing commercial resources to maximise planned gross margin through effective contract and subcontract control
• Managing change control with Subcontractors inline with NEC4 procedures.
• Minimising risk of disallowed costs from the Client.
• Assessing and mitigating commercial and contractual risks whilst implementing Kier's risk management policies
• Maximising cash flow through the control, measurement, and valuation of work, including invoicing and supplier payments
• Valuing work executed by subcontractors and certifying interim and final payments

What are we looking for?

This Senior Quantity Surveyor role would suit someone who has:

• Experience working in a similar role within the highways sector
• A relevant qualification, such as a degree or HNC in Quantity Surveying
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to build effective relationships
• Confidence using MS Office, particularly Excel, and other IT systems
• Excellent organisation and time management skills, with flexibility to travel when required

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.

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